Emerald Ash Borer Approaches the Borders of the European Union and Kazakhstan and Is Confirmed to Infest European Ash

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Mark G. Volkovitsh, Andrzej O. Bieńkowski, Marina J. Orlova-Bienkowskaja
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: emerald ash borer; EAB; northwest Russia; St. Petersburg; southeast Russia; Fraxinus excelsior; European ash; Tula; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060691

Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, native to East Asia, is an invasive pest of ash in North America and European Russia. This quarantine species is a threat to ash trees all over Europe. Survey in ten provinces of European Russia in 2019–2020 showed that EAB had spread faster and farther...